Agni Purana — Chapter 199

AgP 199.1

:ए इत्य् आग्नेये महापुराणे मासव्रतानि नाम अष्टनवत्यधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः ॥ :न् १ मत्स्यादि त्यक्त्वेति ख॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ च । मत्स्यत्यागी तु इति ङ। २ विष्णुपुरं व्रजेदिति ख॥ , ट॥ च :प् २३४ छप्तेर् {१९९} :श् अथैकोनशताधिकशततमो ऽध्यायः नानाव्रतानि अग्निर् उवाच ऋतुव्रतान्त्यहं वक्ष्ये भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदानि ते इन्धनानि तु यो दद्याद्वर्षादिचतुरो ह्य् ऋतून्

:e ity āgneye mahāpurāṇe māsavratāni nāma aṣṭanavatyadhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ || :n 1 matsyādi tyaktveti kha.. , gha.. , cha.. ca / matsyatyāgī tu iti ṅa. 2 viṣṇupuraṃ vrajediti kha.. , ṭa.. ca :p 234 chapter {199} :ś athaikonaśatādhikaśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ nānāvratāni agnir uvāca ṛtuvratāntyahaṃ vakṣye bhuktimuktipradāni te indhanāni tu yo dadyādvarṣādicaturo hy ṛtūn

Thus in the Āgneya Mahāpurāṇa the one hundred and ninety-eighth chapter, called "The Monthly Vows." [Chapter 199: The Various Vows] Agni said: I shall now tell you the seasonal vows, which bestow enjoyment and liberation. He who gives firewood through the four seasons beginning with the rains,

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AgP 199.2

घृतधेनुप्रदश्चान्ते ब्राह्मणो ऽग्निव्रती भवेत् कृत्वा मौनन्तु सन्ध्यायां मासान्ते घृतकुम्भदः

ghṛtadhenupradaścānte brāhmaṇo 'gnivratī bhavet kṛtvā maunantu sandhyāyāṃ māsānte ghṛtakumbhadaḥ

and at the end gives a cow (made) of ghee — that brahmin becomes an observer of the fire-vow. And keeping silence at the twilight worship, at the month's end giving a jar of ghee,

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AgP 199.3

तिलघण्टावस्त्रदाता सुखी सारस्वतव्रती(१) पञ्चामृतेन स्नपनं कृत्वाब्दं धेनुदो नृपः

tilaghaṇṭāvastradātā sukhī sārasvatavratī(1) pañcāmṛtena snapanaṃ kṛtvābdaṃ dhenudo nṛpaḥ

a giver of sesame, a bell and a garment, the keeper of the Sārasvata vow becomes happy; the king who performs the bathing (of the image) with the five nectars for a year and gives a cow (likewise prospers).

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AgP 199.4

एकादश्यान्तु नक्ताशी चैत्रे भक्तं निवेदयेत् हैमं विष्णोः पदं याति मासन्ते विष्णुसद्व्रती

ekādaśyāntu naktāśī caitre bhaktaṃ nivedayet haimaṃ viṣṇoḥ padaṃ yāti māsante viṣṇusadvratī

But one who eats only at night on the eleventh day, and in Caitra offers cooked rice and a golden (image), goes to the abode of Viṣṇu; (such is) the keeper of the good vow of Viṣṇu at the month's end.

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AgP 199.5

पायसाशी गोयुगदः श्रीभाग्देवीव्रती भवेत् निवेद्य पितृदेवेभ्यो यो भुङ्क्ते स भवेन्नृपः

pāyasāśī goyugadaḥ śrībhāgdevīvratī bhavet nivedya pitṛdevebhyo yo bhuṅkte sa bhavennṛpaḥ

One who eats milk-rice and gives a pair of cows becomes a keeper of the Devī vow and shares in prosperity; and he who eats (only) after offering to the fathers and the gods becomes a king.

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AgP 199.6

वर्षव्रतानि चोक्तानि(२) सङ्क्रान्तिव्रतकं वदे सङ्क्रान्तौ स्वर्गलोकी स्याद्रात्रिजागरणान्नरः

varṣavratāni coktāni(2) saṅkrāntivratakaṃ vade saṅkrāntau svargalokī syādrātrijāgaraṇānnaraḥ

The yearly vows have been declared; I shall tell the vow of the solstitial/zodiacal transit: a man attains the world of heaven by keeping awake at night at the saṅkrānti,

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AgP 199.7

अमावास्यां तु सङ्क्रान्तौ शिवार्कयजनात्तथा उत्तरे त्वयने चाज्यप्रस्थस्नानेन केशवे

amāvāsyāṃ tu saṅkrāntau śivārkayajanāttathā uttare tvayane cājyaprasthasnānena keśave

and likewise by worshipping Śiva and the Sun on the new-moon day at the saṅkrānti; and at the northward course (of the sun) by bathing Keśava with a prastha of clarified butter,

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AgP 199.8

:न् १ सुधीः सारस्वतव्रती इति ख॥ , ग॥ , घ॥ , छ॥ , ट॥ च २ सर्वव्रतानि चोक्तानीति ख॥ , छ॥ , ज॥ च :प् २३५ द्वात्रिंशत्पलमानेन सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते घृतक्षीरादिना स्नाप्य प्राप्नोति विषुवादिषु

:n 1 sudhīḥ sārasvatavratī iti kha.. , ga.. , gha.. , cha.. , ṭa.. ca 2 sarvavratāni coktānīti kha.. , cha.. , ja.. ca :p 235 dvātriṃśatpalamānena sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate ghṛtakṣīrādinā snāpya prāpnoti viṣuvādiṣu

(Editorial variants: kha, ga, gha, cha, ṭa read "sudhīḥ sārasvatavratī"; kha, cha, ja read "sarvavratāni coktāni".) [p. 235] — By the measure of thirty-two palas one is released from all sins; having bathed (the deity) with ghee, milk and the rest, one obtains (this reward) at the equinoxes and the like.

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AgP 199.9

स्त्रीणामुमाव्रतं श्रीदं तृतीयास्वष्टमीषु च गौरीं महेश्वरं चापि यजेत् सौभाग्यमाप्नुयात्

strīṇāmumāvrataṃ śrīdaṃ tṛtīyāsvaṣṭamīṣu ca gaurīṃ maheśvaraṃ cāpi yajet saubhāgyamāpnuyāt

For women the Umā-vow is a giver of prosperity, on the third and the eighth lunar days; and she should worship Gaurī and Maheśvara — she would obtain marital good fortune.

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AgP 199.10

उमामहेश्वरौ प्रार्च्य अवियोगादि चाप्नुयात् मूलव्रतकरी स्त्री च उमेशव्रतकारिणी

umāmaheśvarau prārcya aviyogādi cāpnuyāt mūlavratakarī strī ca umeśavratakāriṇī

Having worshipped Umā and Maheśvara, she would obtain freedom from separation (from her husband) and the rest; and the woman who performs the root-vow is one who performs the vow of Umā and Īśa.

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AgP 199.11

सूर्यभक्ता तु या नारी ध्रुवं सा पुरुषो भवेत्

sūryabhaktā tu yā nārī dhruvaṃ sā puruṣo bhavet

But whatever woman is devoted to the Sun, she surely becomes a man.

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